Aston Villa chief explains the reason for absence of £7m midfielder

Aston Villa owner Tony Xia has informed supporters that winger Adama Traore has been missing from the club’s pre-season this summer due to an injury.

The former Barcelona player moved to Villa Park last summer for then-manager Tim Sherwood for a fee of £7million, but the Spaniard has struggled for game time as numerous injuries have kept him out of action.

Xia, the club’s new owner told supporters on his personal Twitter account that Traore has been missing due to an injury as he gave a possible timescale of his return.

Here is Xia responding to a supporters question on Twitter about Traore’s fitness.